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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
The Lawyers Advice.

A country guest at a certain New
York hOstelry, having dread of
pocket and buncO- steerers, went
to the clerk and handed him a one
hundred dollar bill to be put in the
safe. Asking for it next day. he was
thunderstruck when the functionary
to whom he had given the money
cody denied any recollection of the
matter. Whereupon the country
man went to lawyer.
"Get another oDe-hundred dollar
bill" said the lawyer. "and 60 ac-
companied by friend, back to the
hotel, Apologize to the clerk for
your mistake; say it was defect of
memory, attribute it to drink or
absent mindedness deposit the Sec
ond hundred dollars in the presence
of your friend, and come back to
me-"
The mistified ruralist obeyed in
Structions to the very letter.
Now" said the lawyer, Ego back
alone to the clerk, and ask him for
the one hundred dollars. Knowing
that your friend saw him receive it,
he will give you back the second one
hundred dollar bill. Then take your
friend with you the next day, APP
proach the clerk, ask him boldly for
that one hundred dollars, and as there
was no witness to your receipt of the
secoud bill, he will be forced to return
the second Also"
The ruse proved completely sue
cessful, much to the qualification OF
the countryman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05

A white man, wandering over one
of the FIJI islands, was taken pris-
oner by the natives. He hada cork
leg. He didn't like the looks of his
captors, and liked them less when he
noticed that they were fixing up a
neighboring oven. Food was set be-
fore him, and he used his large jack
knife to cut it.
With every mouthful or two he
stuck his jack knife into his cork leg
with such force that it stood erect.
The natives looked on witt great as
constituent and evident alarm. After
the meal was over he began to I'M
screw his leg. That was too much
for the sayages. who did rot seem to
have any curiosity to see what he
would do next, but opened passage
and let him walk away.
When he reached his horse some
little distance away, the natives be-
gon to gather around, but after
mounting, the man made motion
as if to unscrew his head, and the
spectators ran away in terror.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05

One of the strangest of religious
sects is that which calls itself The
New and Latter House of Israel. Its
headquarters in Chatham, England,
in which town its deyotees are build.
ing an immense temple which will
cost S250,000. They believe that they
will not die and that they are the
remnent of true Israelites who will
reign with Christ for a thousand
years. Their founder was man
named Jezriel, who is now dead.
His death was a great shock to the
believers, but his wife claimed that il
was an accident and declared herself
to be his successor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05

For the past two weeks parties liv-
ing in Field township. near Mt. Yer
non, ILL.,, have been killing a large
number of rattlesnakes by digging
down and blasting the rocks with
powder. In this manner they get at
the snakes, which are usually very
deep in the ground. So far they
have killed about l20 at this place.
When first taken out of the ground
they are very active and have con-
siderable strength, but after being
exposed to the cold for a few minutes
become perfectly torpid. They range
in size from one to six feet, but none
have been secured without breaking
off their rattles, as they always
"shoW fight" so it is impossible to
say how many they have. In the
eastern part of the county there is
another den, and a short time ago
about fifty were taken out. There is
quite variety found together, in
GLIDING rattle, garter, chicken, moe.
casin and other snakes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
Brace Up,

You are feeling depressed, your appetite is
poor, you are bothered with Headache, you
are fidgetty, nervous, and generally out OF
sorts, and want to brace up. Brace up, but
not with stimulants, spring medicines, or
bitters which have for their basis very cheap.
bad whisky and which stimulate you for an
hour, and then leave you in worse condition
that will purify YOUR blood. start healthy ace
ton of Liver and Kidneys restore your vital
ity, and give renewed health and strength.
CHI a medicine you will find in Electric
Bitters, and only so cents q bottle at d. L, e.
CasteerS Drug Store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
A pet python belonging to a Brook

A pet python belonging to Brook
Iyn snake charmer on Sunday night
gave birth to Is young pythons. 1t
is rare event for a captive snake to
bring forth a brood. The usual man.
ner is for the mother, after she has
lain the eggs, to incubate them fol
two months, when the young are
Matched, and then they remain under
her care for two or three weeks. The
young snakes are fed on hot thicken
ed milk, and it is expected that they
will live. The mother is Is feet il
length and weighs 80 pounds. Each
youthful snake is about a foot and 8
half in length.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05

"How do you happen to be such g
favorite of Mrs. Snapper Jones?
hear her praising you highly, both
for your good sense and your polite
ness, whenever L happen to be in
company with her,"
IT didn't know that 1 was a favor.
tie of her."
"Well, you are"
81 don't know what L have done tC
deserve it, then. Oh, yes! Let me
see. l was visiting at her house a
few weeks ago and called her baby a
beautiful little angel, and added that
1t was the very image of its MOTHER
"Ah. that explains it."-BOston
Courier.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
Story Told by David DaYis.

Almost the last time he was in this
city. at dinner party given in his
honor, he told story that convulsed
the company: "You remember the
old custom in Pennsylvania" he
said, "of associate judges in the
county courts, were fgureheads,
who were supposed to lend dignity
to proceedings, as they sat one on
each side of the presiding magistrate
and nodded their heads sieepily
when he made point. They were
never consulted, had no knowledge
of law, came from the ranks of jus
tees and notaries, and tried to look
wise. One day l asked one of them
AS he arduously descended from the
bench, if it did not weary him TO
wade through his judicial duties, and
he replied that he was never con-
scious of excessive fatigue.' We'll,
doesn't the presiding judge consult
you?' | asked. Not very Often re-
piled the luminary. but he did once.
We had been trying an important
case all day long, and it ran into the
evening. Court was not adjourned
till 10 o'clock. and as we arose the
judge YEARLY turned to us and ex-
claimed: Amt your old backs tir-
ed ?-C Chicago Cor. Cleveland Leader.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05

eff he loves the girl he can wait
for her year or two; it won't hurt
him." remarked a woman with a
thin lower jaw to caller who was
swapping gossip. MY husband had
to wait five years for me. Didn't
you, John ?" she continued, appeal
ing to her husband, who was sitting
in one corner, trying to mend a
cork-screw. "You're right, old wo-
man, l did that very thing. And
wish to goodness I'd waited twenty
fiye," he added in lower tone, with
sigh that was dismal as he winked
at the caller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05

A Christian woman in Illinois re-
Gently followed a drinker, in whom
she was deeply interested, into sa-
loon. Just as he was about to take
the glass she tapped him gently on
the shoulder and requested him to go
with her. He complied. and. as the
two marched toward the door, the
saloon keeper recovered sufficiently
to calculate, THAT beats the devil"
The lady turned and emphaticaIly
retorted, "Yes, sir, it was my inten-
ton to beat the devil.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
Their Business Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such a
general revival of trade at D. T. E. Casteel's
Drug Store as their giving away TO their Gus.
toners of so many free trial bottles of DR.
Their trade is simply enormous In this very
valuable article from the fact that 1t ALWAYS
cures and never disappoints. Coughs, Colds
Asthma, Bronchitis, Group, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly cured. You can test
1t before buying by getting trial bottle free,
large size 81. Every bottle warranted.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
POYerty's Mighty Host.

"There are $4,000 families in \
York city in the care of charity" ~
Organizing Secretary Charles D. Pi
logg, of the Charity Organization
ciety. al
"Eighty-six thousand persons, !. II
probably mean ?" interrupted u
Herald reporter. le1
mo, $4,000 lamilies," confined
Mr.. Kellogg, land with about fc
persons to the average family, tl9
means $4,000 persons"
"You certainly do not mean to say
that 344 900 persons in this city sub
sist on charity"
mo. not exactly that, but Their
are $4,000 families who nave som
connection with organized charitie
or with the criminal authorities"
This remarkable statement, whicl
is of course verified by the inyestigs
ton of the Charity Organization Sc
ciety, is striking exemplication c
the adage that one-half of the cit.
knows nothing about the life of tn
other half. In these days of plent.
it is hardly possible to believe tina
over three hundred thousand mer
women and children are brought in
to official contact some way with eS
treme poverty or crime. 1t is, how
ever, a tact.-Neto York Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
THE SUNDAY HERALD.
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Beyord any doubt the most interesting Sun
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Besides all the news, it contains articles from
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a copyrighted story and a select array OF
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Special attention is paid to society news
from points In Maryland, Virginia and West
Virginia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
THE WEEKLY HERALD
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1887. THE SUN. 1887.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
COLLECTION OFFICE!

Having opened an office for the collection OF
notes, bills. &c, will collect all bills placed
In my hands with dispatch. and make prompt
return of all moneys collected. Special in
ducements offered to parties having property
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given when required.
ANDREW j. HARNE.
Oakland. NAV 18th lSS5.-l Y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
NOTICE.

All persons are warned against cutting
down any of the timber on my land on the
Hooppoe Road, adjoining the land OF Bowie
Johnson, about three miles from Deer Park
and six miles from Oakland. The penalty
for cutting down timber in Garrett county /,
Md. without permission of the owner of the
land, is the same, under the Act of 1850, Oh.
264 as for feloniously stealing goods or chat
tells TO the value of the tree or trees" SO cut
down. -
THEOS. B. HORWITZ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-05
BLACKSMITHING.

am prepared to do all kinds of blacksmith
ing. Farmers work a speciality. Prices as
low as can be had for first class work. shop
near Browning House."
ft24 DAVID LITTLE:
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1887.

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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
THEY NEVER STRIKE.

The most patient, industrious,
overworked class of people on earth
seldom cut much of a figure in print.
Although they toll more hours than
any other creatures God ever made,
they never go on strike and insist
upon shorter time and larger pay.
Getting up at five O'Clock in the
morning, they work necessarily IN.
till ten or eleven at night, receiy.
ing nothing but course food and
poor clothing. They have to practice
the strictest rules of finance and
know all about every kind Of econO.
my. Harassed by a load of respOn.
sibility, driven and worried, often
reproached snd scorned, they do not
revolt and nobody has reported that
they have organized for their own
protection. Not even sickness re-
leases them from their posts. No
sacrifice is deemed too great for
them to make, and no incompetency
in any branch of theis work is ex'
cused. No essays, or books, or
poems, are written in tribute TO
their steadfastness. They die 10
the harness and are supplanted as
quickly as may be. These are the
housekeeping wives of the labOriBg
men. Jobs endurance was sbad
ow compared with theirs. They arc
true heroines in humble life.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
WHAT HAPPENED TO KENTUCKY.

The result is so unusual that it
can not be accounted for on ordina.
ry grounds. Kentucky has been in
habit Of giving Democratic MAORI,
ties ranging up to 10000. The
smallest it has given since 1872 I'M
til this year was in 1884, when
Cleveland had bnt 34,0S4. Four
years ago Proctor Knott was elect
ed governor by 44,434. The figures
by which Buckner is now chosen
present notable contrast to these.
Whether they indicate the indiffer.
ence of the Democrats or a remark.
able growth in the Republican SEN
timent, or both-and without the
complete figures tits not easy to
determine-there is everything to
encourage the Republicans of the
country and abundant reason for
Democratic alarm.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
DISTRESSED ERIN.

Every county in Ireland has hoo,
proclaimed, the infamous Crimo.
Act is now in full operation and
tyranny has taken fresh lease II
forcing brave people to despera.
ton. Terrible sights are Witnessed
in connection with the cruel evic
tons of helpless families from tbs
wretched huts they call their homes
To the Irish tenant and his family
the miserable howell in which tbov
live is their all, and in no way can
they more speedily arouse the sym.
patty and indignation of the ciyiliz.
ed world than by resisting as best
they can the demands of graspips
and tyrannical landlords, who. not
content with taking the food from
their tables, are now determined TO
pull the roof from over their heads
Penniless, unarmed men and
weak women with babies in their
arms driven from their homes At
the point of the bayonet, driven out
with brutal and devilish cruelty
this is the spectacle which Ireland
presents to-day!
And the English government IN.
holds and indorses it all; threatens
with the convict's cell those who are
bold enough and brave enough to
protest, and, to make the reign of
crime and injustice more certain in
future, enforces the gag law in par
Lament and passes it's outrageous
Coercion Bill.
But the end is near. Though ius
tice travels with leaden heel, it
strikes with an iron hand, and the
right will prevail. The time is not
far distant when some one will have
to answer before the bar of public
opinion for the wrong done to Ire.
land, and may God hasten the day
of retribution.
Let Erin remember the days of old
When her name was great in story,
And the year that dawns like heavenly
light
Shall revive her ancient glory.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
SATURDAY, AUGUST IS, 1887.
Railroads.
CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.

CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD.
On and after Sunday, June 18th, 1887, traini
viii run as follows: STANDARD Time.)
EASTWARD.
Fast Mail leaves Martinsburg at . O m
Bedington 40, Falling Waters 747. williams
port Station 90, Hagerstown 8 %, Chambers
burg l5, Carlisle 10 9, arrive at Harrisg II 10
Phiia. 3 Is pm.
Mail Express Train leaves Martinsburg al
3l5pm. Bedington g, Falling Waters 8 81. Will
Transport Station 40, Hagerstown IL, Cham
bersburg Is, Carlisle 80 arrive at Harrisburg
at 25,
WESTWARD.
N. o. Express leaves Harrisburg at IS 8
M, Carlisle 80, Chambersburg 6 SO, arrives al
HagerstOwn at 10. Williamsport Station s.
80, Falling Waters SIS, Bedington 906, Mar
tinsburg 25.
Mail leaves Harrisburg at As q m, Carlisle
IS. Chambersburg 8 so, arrive at Hagerstowr
at 10 40, Williamsport Station IL o., Falling Wa.
tiers ii Is, Bedington ii 20, MartinsbIrg II IS.
Fast Line leaves Harrisburg at 8 As, Car.
Isle IS, Chambersburg 5 so, Hagerstown As
Williamsport Station I %, Falling Waters Ii
Bedington 20. arrives at Martinsburg So pm
w. A. GARD. fAgt. J.. F. BOYD, Supt.
II. A. RIDDLE. General Passenger Agt.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
THE DEPRESSION In FARMING.

A contemporary remarks: "That
the business of. farming has been
overdone will not surprise those who
consider how it has been stimulated
in so many ways. All the land
grants to new railroads were so
many bounties to encourage the
filling in of territory that otherwise
might have remained unoccupied
fifty years longer. In the East the
use of artificial fertilizers has EN-.
couraged the production of grain,
and especially wheat, beyond all
precedent. Each of these stimu'
lants shows signs of losing its for.
mer effectiveness. The best of the
new lands are already occupied, and
at the East wheat is so low in price
that on many farms it can no long
er be proftably grown, even by
commercial fertilizers. These two
causes cooperating must produce a
diminished production of wheat in
time. AT least the expansive period
when everything was turned to the
stimulation of grain growing has
passed. This is true not only in this
country, but all over the world.
Cheap as farm products are, we are
holding our own, and in wheat es.
pecially are supplying more OF the
of Europe than any
other country"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-13
ONLY A WORKING GIRL.

1t was small funeral, with nc
long train of mourners and great
display of expensive woe. She was
"only a working girl" so that her
removal from the sceneso earth
had no interest for the busy world
that has time and thought for moth
ing but the almighty dollar. A
short while she fingered on the
brink of eternity, cared for tenderly
by her sorrowing mother and a few
friends in very modest circumsran.
ces. Not a newspaper noted the
fact of her decease, and the little
procession to the cemetery last
Thursday attracted scarcely any
notice. Yet the dead girl was one
whom the angles must have delight
ed to welcome to the shining shore,
Her life was true,
Her soul sincere in all she strove to do,
A simple, earnest, pure and noble heart,
Which, brave and accomplishing, bore
its part
OF needful ills, of trials day by day,
With trust in God to lead her on the way. :
She was a noble girl, self.denying,
trustworthy and faithful in every
relation of life. Children loved her
instinctively and vice retired abashed
from her pure presence. Fine
ladies in elegant parlors nigh!
sheer at the maiden in plain calico
whose pitiful earnings went to sup.
port her loved parents. But the
lowly garb covered a soul grander
IN the sight of heaven than many a
one in the highest circles ofsociety
Death could not be sad surprise
to such, and she passed away with
smile in the full bloom of budding
womanbood.
" Once more the tomb
1.-Two OuO bOiACi NUN OhC dCdAth uAN
gloom
Of weary days, and nights by care op
prest, .-l,
Into the calmness of eternal rest. LIS
Mourn not for her
No more the storms of time her spirits
stir lft
No more respondent hours Cypress her
soul ~
No more the wear days exact their toll
OF patience tried, of oyerburdened trust
OF thankless cares or glad hopes turned
to dust. oE
Their rest is sweet who rested little here
Their sleep unmarried, their morning
clear.
So leave we one-mid glad rewards to
dwell
Who earned them welI.n
A fresh mound, which no sculp
tured marble will ever mark, hides
from mortal sight the fair young
form of her who was here considered
"only working girl" But it mat
tiers not to the sleeper. whose name
is written in the books above
Harrisburg Telegram.